Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.Have a Great Day!

Sunday, November 24, 2013

This week I am the Monday Hostess over at Digital Delights. For my project this week I made this cute little box that I found here. I made a few adjustments to make it work for inches and added my Christmas Digital Delights images to finish it off.

Believe it or not, this box lays flat and fits into a regular size envelope.

Cut the 4 box sides and cut out the little extra on the top of the tab

Fold on the score lines and glue the little tab over to form the box.

What you have now is a box (with no bottom) with open flaps at the top. The base of the box is 3 inches and the top flaps are 2 1/2 inch squares.

Cut your designer paper:

3 pieces of 2 3/8 square

3 pieces of 2 3/8 by 2 7/8

The back of the box has one longer strip of neutral paper to add your note. Cut a strip 2 3/8 by 5 3/8

Cut two little strips to attach to the box on the inside. These will hold your images up. The strips at 3 1/2 by 1 inch. Score at each edge at 1/2 inch. Fold them like a Z and glue inside the box close to the top edge.

Now glue in your images and your done! Have fun making your own Christmas box cards.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

This step card is made with a pre-colored image from Digital Delights. Using the pre-colored images is a quick and easy way to make up a card.I decided this little fellow was trying to get to Santa so I put him in front of his house flying away to the workshop.

I used a bit of Old Olive card stock in the Sizzix embossing folder to make the raised brick impression and then rubbed a bit of Distress Fired Brick over it.

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.Have a Great Day!

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.Have a Great Day!

Sunday, November 10, 2013

I have another card here for the Craft a Scene Trees challenge. This time I made it with a little bit more color in the sky. I also tried combining Copics with PanPastels. I wanted a little more definition in certain areas so I added complimentary Copic colors. It turned out a little darker than I wanted it..

I used all Stampscapes stamps including my two favourite - the fence pieces.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Angels are good for a card anytime, but at Christmas they are special. Even Gingerbread cookies want to be angles! I am adding to my Christmas card stash with Natasha Cookie Angel and this sparkly ribbon to go along with her sparkly dress.

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.Have a Great Day!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

I have a card for the new Trees, Trees, Trees challenge over at Craft a Scene. I used all Stampscapes stamps for my quiet waters, misty scene.I love camping and hiking in the woods! It is not uncommon to be out walking in the early morning and see the mist hover above a stream or lake as the sun rises between the trees.

I stamped the background trees, rocks, water (051G) image then added a bit of rippling water with the 305C stamp. Next I added lots of swamp grass and of course the birds in flight. The wonderful sentiment is from Our Daily Bread.I colored the scene with PanPastels and then added White Brilliance ink on a cotton swab tip to form the mist.

Friday, November 1, 2013

A couple of weeks ago I set for myself a personal challenge to make the most of a set of Graphic 45 - 12 Days of Christmas papers. You can see the post here. My goal was to make an 8x8 album and a 3x5 album, as well as at least 10 cards.

Well, I have accomplished the first part of the goal by making the two albums. The first one is actually 8 1/2 x 6 1/2. I modeled the style after Clare's album located here. Clare does a wonderful job on her albums and I was inspired by her style of page flaps.

The album is made with black Recollections paper binding chipboard with Clare's special spine. This cover has pointsettias made from BossKut, Window from from PoppyStamps.com. I closed the book with a magnet behind the Graphic 45 chipboard piece.

Both the inside and backside covers have pockets with tags. One side of the tag is for the picture and the other is set up for journaling.

My favorite page is this one on the right. Looks like an envelope. Open the clasp to find the picture below.

Inside the envelope looking page is a tri-page with side pocket, center pocket with tag and lovely paper strip on the side.

This page is layered with the same paper. In the center is a tag slipped into a cutout section of the paper underneath.
That paper is actually a flap that opens to find a tag and a bookmark.

The remaining pages - 6 in all, are pretty much the same with varying types of flaps, pockets and belly bands.

A big tag hidden behind a cut apart on the left and a pocket and top flap on the right.

Belly band on the left and fold-out flap on the right.

Well, that was the larger album. The smaller one is only 5 1/2 by 4 1/2. Every page has a tag for a picture and journaling as well as a pocket. This album is for the Christmas charity auction at work.

Cover with a little Stickle sparkle added.

Inside first page

All the pages have a tag for journaling and a picture

Typical pages

Well, there is part of my challenge met - two albums. I will be back in another week or so with the 10 cards (hope there is enough paper!).

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I love crafting of all kinds, especially working with paper and wool. I love learning new things and like to try different techniques.
I fell in love with Zentangle drawing and became a certified Zentangle teacher in November 2013. You will find information about Zentangle classes and products here.
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